the worthless word for the day is: vorticity [fr. L. vortic-, vortex + -ity] the state of a fluid in vortical motion vortical : of, like or pertaining to a...
the worthless word for the day is: slubber [ prob. from obsolete Dutch slubberen ] 1) dialect chiefly English : stain, sully 2) to perform in a slipshod...
the worthless word for the day is: fakement [from fake + -ment, but origin unknown] slang something faked : a contrivance or device used to deceive "Speaking...
the worthless word for the day is: morganatic [from NL matrimonium ad morganaticam, literally, marriage with morning gift (or, that's all she got)] of,...
the worthless word for the day is: vivarium [L, enclosure for live game, warren, fish-pond] 1) an enclosure or structure where living animals are maintained...
the worthless word for the day is: strappado [ad. F. strapade, estrapade, ad. It. strappata, fr. strappare to drag] obs. exc. hist. a form of punishment or of...
the worthless word for the day is: alembicate [fr. alembic <Gk ambix; spouted cup, cap of a still + -ate] to distill as if by passing through an alembic: ...
the worthless word for the day is: bonfire night [bonfire, fr. bone + fire = fire of bones, + night] UK, usu. capitalized : a night on which bonfires are lit...
the worthless word for the day is: spermologer [f. Gk spermologos, gathering seeds; also fig. picking up news, gossiping] obs. a gatherer of seeds; in...
the worthless word for the day is: drasty [fr. drast, obs. : dregs, lees] obs. dreggy; fig. vile, worthless, rubbishy [OED notes that "In several places the s...
the worthless word for the day is: diffidation [fr. L. diffidare, to renounce one's vassalage, renounce friendship] /dif uh DAY shun/ archaic, historical : a...
the worthless word for the day is: decretive [fr. L. decernere, to decree + -ive] /dih KREE tiv/ having the force of a decree: decretory <decretive will> anon:...
the worthless word for the day is: deponticate [fr. L. de, down from + pons, bridge + -ate] nonce word : to hurl from a bridge hence, depontication : the act...
the worthless word for the day is: sp*am*ha*us Dozens of subscribers were blocked from getting last Thursday's entry. I'm at a loss to know the reason, as the...
the worthless word for the day is: gormster [related to gormless < gorm, gaum, gome : understanding] someone of little sense or discernment, a fool "'Dafter...
the worthless word for the day is: chronophagic [from Gk chronos, time + phagos, devouring] time-eating ""Time becomes a rare commodity in comparison with ...
the worthless word for the day is: suffonsified [perhaps a blend of sufficiency and fancified] (also sophonsified, suffancified, suronsified, etc.) used in...
the worthless word for the day is: graunch [imitative, compare crunch] UK dial. (also graunching, graunchy) to make a crunching or grinding sound "Many people...
the worthless word for the day is: mudsill 1) the lowest sill of a structure, usually suspended in soil or mud 2) a person of the lowest stratum of society "We...
the worthless word for the day is: famigerate [fr. L. fama, fame + gerere, to carry] obs. to divulge or disseminate; found now only in olde dictionaries...
the worthless word for the day is: gaberlunzie [origin unknown] /gab er LUN zie/ Sc. a strolling beggar, peddler or tinker "Crowds of sturdy beggars and...
the worthless word for the day is: ominate [fr. L ominari, to prognosticate; cf. omen] archaic trans. 1) to prophesy from signs and omens: auger 2) to be a...
the worthless word for the day is: bewray [fr. ME bewreien, fr. be- + wreyen: to accuse, inform on, from OE wregan; ultimately fr. Gothic wrohjan: to accuse]...
the worthless word for the day is: gerontic [fr. Gk geront-, old man + -ic] of or relating to decadence or old age <gerontic nursing> "These gerontic leaders...
the worthless word for the day is: qualisign [fr. quali(ty) + sign] Philos. a term originally used by C. S. Peirce in his theory of signs "A Qualisign is a...
the worthless word for the day is: geomancy [ad. L. geomantia, a. late Gk geomanteia] divination by means of signs derived from the earth; hence, usually,...
the worthless word for the day is: nullibiquitous [fr. L. nullibi, nowhere + -biquitous, cf. ubiquitous] (rare) existing nowhere "When clients ask me for a...
the worthless word for the day is: historicity [prob. fr. French historicité, < Latin historicus] 1) the quality or state of being historic esp. as opposed to...
the worthless word for the day is: antemundane [fr. ante- + mundus, world; after mundane < L. mundanus, belonging to the world] existing or occurring before...
